Utah Libertarian Party

Utah Libertarian Party
Region:	1
Officers
Chair:	Joseph Buchman
Vice-Chair:	Barry Short
Secretary:	Brian Kamerath
Treasurer:	Caryn Terres
Contact
Phone:	801-742-1163
Address:	584 Hillside Circle Alpine, UT 84004
Website:	Website
Social Media
Facebook:	Facebook

The Utah Libertarian Party ("UTLP" in party bylaws) is the Utah affiliate of the Libertarian Party.

Leadership

• Amber Christiansen Beltran, Chair
• Barry Short, Vice-Chair
• Susan Sandberg Baird, Secretary
• Taylor Pazell, Treasurer

Ballot Access

After losing ballot access in 2006 as a result of failing to acquire the required 2% vote, the Libertarian Party of Utah regained ballot access in February 2008 as a result of acquiring the required number of signatures. [1] The party, currently chaired by Dr. Joseph Geddes Buchman, consequently received over 125,000 votes in 2008, compared to 118,000 in 2004.

Affiliates

• Libertarian Party of Castle Country
• Libertarian Party of Weber County

Historical Officials and Staff

Chair

• Karl Bray (1972-?)
• George A Chapman (c. 1975)
• Bob Waldrop (1985-1989)
• Jim Elwell (c. 1994)
• W. Andrew McCullough (c. 2005)
• Jake Shannon
• Joseph Buchman (2017-2019)

Vice-Chair

• Cynthia Skousen (1972-?)
• Dylan McDonnell (c 2005)
• Patrick Powers (c 2012)

Other

• Dr Joseph Geddes Buchman, secretary (c. 2005)
• Bonnie Darley, secretary (1972-?)
• Jim Dexter, treasurer (c. 1995)
• Brent Zimmerman, treasurer (c. 2005)
• Kenny Barlow, media director
• Katie White, event director

Conventions

• 2019 (April 20) Copperton, UT
• 2018 (April 14) Cedar City, UT
• 2017
• 2016

Elections

See: Libertarian Party of Utah Historical Election Results

Size and Influence

Year	Minimum Unique Voters	Minimum Percent Of Voters	Registered Voters (Oct/Nov)	Percent of Registered Voters	Signature Members (Dec)	Signature Members Per Million Population	LNC Total Donors 2004 - Present Or Active Members 1972 - 2003 (Dec)	LNC Donors Per Million Population	State Rank Of Total LNC Donors (Of 51)
2018	27,607	2.55%	13,815	0.99%	1,219	386	104	32.90	36
2017			10,833	0.83%	1,197	386	98	31.59	35
2016	73,975	6.42%	11,728	0.83%	1,256	412	167	54.73	35
2015			7,488	0.61%	1,156	386	86	28.71	35
2014	22,333	3.86%	7,168	0.57%	1,135	386	92	31.26	35
2013			6,319	0.48%	1,111	383	103	35.48	35
2012	53,018	5.15%	5,494	0.43%	1,081	379	109	38.18	34
2011					1,023	363	95	33.74	35
2010	12,871	1.97%	4,110	0.32%	1,001	361	93	33.52	36
2009					980	360	93	34.15	36
2008	55,992	5.77%	2,639	0.18%	939	353	101	37.93	36
2007					904	348	110	42.34	35
2006	6,167	1.06%	2,904	0.22%	888	352	81	32.07	34
2005					811	330	102	41.50	35
2004	36,767	3.90%	2,556	0.20%			178	74.12	32
2003							140	59.32	32
2002	7,133	1.26%	1,836	0.16%			157	67.53	33
2001							204	89.33	32
2000	81,697	10.41%					265	118.07	31
1999							252	118.32	31
1998	14,013	2.77%					214	101.88	31
1997							186	90.06	32
1996	23,369	3.38%					188	92.97	29
1995							94	47.55	33
1994	7,995	1.49%					93	48.18	30
1993							72	38.38	32
1992	17,690	2.27%					86	47.21	30
1991							97	54.74	27
1990	7,665	1.67%					91	52.61	29
1989							122	71.52	18
1988	10,096	1.53%					33	19.53	35
1987
1986	6,914	1.55%
1985
1984	7,482	1.17%
1983
1982	3,676	0.68%
1981
1980	7,156	1.17%
1979
1978
1977
1976	3,026	0.55%
1975
1974	1,218	0.29%
1973
1972	19	0.00%